England has made three changes to the starting XV for the match from their narrow loss to Wales. Joseph returns from an injury at Center, Launchbury and Morgan are at lock and number eight. Nick Easter was named on the bench after joining the team as an injury replacement earlier in the week.

Australia has 14 changes to the starting XV from the team’s victory against Uruguay. It is an experienced side with 740 test caps. Only David Pocock returns as a starter. Wallabies captain Stephen Moore returns for his 98th Test appearance.

Michael Chieka shared (RWC 2015) “I believe that this selection, the same starting team that ran out against Fiji, has been really clear on where we must improve and the level we must be at to compete with England, and we know that it’s going to be a very tough challenge.

“The group is really committed to making all Australians truly proud of how we represent them at this Rugby World Cup and Saturday night will be another opportunity for us to do that.”